简介:Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked. I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up. This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more the dialogue is laced with sharp wit; there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending; later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students; and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!); and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine). It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the girl-nerd who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, Everybody Wants to Rule the World providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes really now, what's there to be embarrassed about
简介:After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert town in central Mexico. Although he tries to bring the motto of the ruling party to town (modernity, peace and progress) he realizes soon that there's nothing to do against corruption... except to become corrupt. Step by step, helped by his pistol, Juan Vargas becomes the law and the worst Major in the town's history. 故事讲述墨西哥农民杀死腐败的前市长后,不幸的看门人阿瓦尔加斯在墨西哥中部被任命为一个沙漠镇的新市长,他努力提倡执政党的新意识,到任不久就立下反对腐败的座右铭,但反对也开始变得腐败,一步步在他的枪手帮助下,阿瓦尔加斯成为法郎和镇上历史最恶劣的一页。
主演:迈克尔·加·怀特,奎顿·杰克逊,汤姆·贝伦杰,维多利亚·普拉特,兰迪·韦恩,Chosen Jacobs,Gillian White,帕特里克·基尔帕特里克,Toktam Aboozary,Robert Capelli Jr.
简介: 一家银行遭到了劫持,一个吸毒成性的谈判专家迈克尔·约翰逊(迈克尔·加·怀特 Michael Jai White 饰)负责谈判,而绑匪正是他的哥哥(奎顿·杰克逊 Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson 饰)。他无心谈判,一心想要逃走并且在此过程中也不断的羞辱着迈克尔。 一时间,两人玩起了警匪之间的猫鼠游戏……
简介:A skateboarder investigating the mysterious death of his roommate is led into the inner workings of a self-help company, and the pharmaceutical lab behind it.
简介: Triumphs and Laments documents one of contemporary artist William Kentridge’s most ambitious and controversial projects: a colossal frieze along the banks of the Tiber river in Rome portraying the glories and tragedies of the Eternal City that was commissioned in the summer of 2016. The film, shot with exclusive access to Kentridge over the course of two years from his home in South Africa to the center of Rome, details the artist’s vision and his creative process in developing a work of art that will disappear in just a few years.